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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS
HE TOTED TO GIYINQ THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AND AIDING THE PROSPERITY OF SCHLEY COUNTY.
l E. ELLIOTT. Editor aMBnwss Manager.
BOER CAPITAL
SURRENDERED
Such a Report Is Firmly Believed
la London.
NO CONFIRMATION IS RECEIVED
Latest News From South Africa
Indicates That the War Is
About At An End.
A London special, under date of
June 1st, says: Belated messages
from Pretoria confirm the reports of
the departure of President Kruger
with his cabinet and staff officials
Tuesday night, and the selection at a
meeting of citizens of a committee to
administer the city provisionally.
Since these telegrams left on Wed
nesday nothing apparently has reached
Lourenzo Marquez by telegraph from
Pretoria. Possibly the wires have been
cut. Possibly the Boer censorship at
some intermediate point interrupts
telegrams.
So thoroughly is the country im
bued with the belief that Pretoria has
fallen, that Mr, Joseph Chamberlain,
the secretary of state for the coloaies,
speaking at a meeting of the univer
sity of Birmingham, proposed a mes
sage to the queen congratulating her
upon the “capture” of Johannesburg
and Pretoria, which was sent to the
afternoon newspapers.
Although the war office has not re
ceived u word about it, no one in Lon
don harbors the idea that the Boer
capital is not already in the hands of
the British or about to be there. The
possession of Johannesburg, at all
events, as Lord Roberts has telegraph
ed, is a fact. States Attorney Smuts
did not depart with President Kruger,
but remained in Pretoria. The present
seat of the Boer government, accord
ing to a dispatch from Lourenzo
Marques, dated May 31st, is Middle
burg, but it will probably be shifted
further east.
The Boers lately confronting Roberts
appear to have gone eastward, also to
ward the Lyndenburg region. The
defenders of Laiug’s nek, when their
positions becomes too perilous, will
probably trek straight northward to
ward Lyndenburg. When this con
centration takes place there will be
possibly 20,000 men, who may hold
out for a time with scattered bauds of
guerrillas elsewhere.
A ROAST FOR PECK.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
Wants Light on Work of Our
Paris Commissioner
In the senate, Friday, Mr. Jones of
Arkansas, made a vigorous attack upon
the administration of the Paris exposi
tion commision by Commissioner Gen
eral Ferd W. Peck. Up to January,
1900, he said Mr. Peck had ac
counted for less than $400,000 of the
$1,400,000 appropriated for expo
sition purposes. He demanded to
know where the balance of the appro
priation had gone. The so-called de
tailed statement that had been sub
mitted contained such items as $72,000
for clerk hire, $3,724 for personal
traveling expenses of the commis
sioner general, etc., which Mr. Jones
believed were rediculous as “details.”
“It is time,” said he, warmly, “that
this sort of thing should cease. These
statements ought to be itemized in ac
cordance with the mandate of the
law.” He then a read a dispatch from
Paris indicating dissension among the
American commission, some of whom
had been charged with endeavor to
compel exhibitors to pay for the space
allotted to them in the exposition. He
believed an investigation necessary.
Mr. Hale, republican, of Maine, said
he personally inclined to the opinion
that the Paris exposition was a bad
performance.
Mr. Jones, continuing, said that the
air has been full of rumors that there
have been most extravagant and un
reasonable expenditures of the fund
provided for the American exhibit, and
we all know there never has been any
satisfactory report as to how this
money was used.
ELLA VLLLE, GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE T. 1900.
NAY BE AGUINALDO.
Americans Kill Filipino Officer
Who Is Thought To Be the
Muchly-Sought Leader.
A special from Vigan, Luzon, via
Manila, under date of June 3d, says:
Maj. March, with his detachment of the
33d Regiment,overtook what is believ
ed to have been Aguinaldo’s party on
May 19, at La Gat, about 100 miles
northeast of Vigan. The Americans
killed or wounded an officer supposed
to be Aguinaldo, whose body was re
moved by his followers. Aguinaldo
had 100 men, Maj. March 125.
The American commander reached
Laboagan, where Aguinaldo bad made
his headquarters siuce March 6, on
May 7th. Aguinaldo had fled seven
hours before, leaving all the beaten
trails and traveling through the forest
along the beds of streams. Toward
evening, May 19th, Major March atruck
Aguinaldo’s outpost about a mile out
side of La Gat, killing four of the
Filipinos and capturing two. From
the latter he learned that Aguinaldo
had camped there for the night.
Although exhausted and half starv
ed, Major March’s men entered La
Gat on the run. They saw the insur
gents scattering into the bushes or
over the plateau. A thousand yards
beyond the town on the mountain side
the figures of twenty-five Filipinos,
dressed in white, with their leader
on a gray' horse, were silhouetted
against the sunset. The Americans
fired a volley and saw the officer drop
from his horse. His followers fled,
carrying the body.
The Americans on reaching the spot
caught the horse, which w r as richly
saddled. Blood from a badly wounded
man was on the animal and on the
ground. The saddlebags contained
Aguinaldo’s diary and some private
papers, including proclamations. the One
of these was addressed “To civil
ized nations.” It protests against the
American occupation of the Philip
pines. There was also found copies
of Senator Beveridge’s speeoh trans
lated into Spanish and entitled “The
Death Knell of the Filipino People.”
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Many New Industries Rstabllshed Daring
the Past Week.
The more important of the new in
dustries reported during the past week
include brick works in Mississippi; a
building and contracting company in
North Carolina; canning factories in
Georgia and Virginia: a carriage facto
ry and a cigar factory in Alabama;
coal mines in Alabama, Kentucky,
Tennessee and West Virginia; cotton
mills in Alabama, North Carolina and
Tennessee; a cotton felt manufactory
iu Tennessee; cotton and oil mills
in Alabama, South Carolina and Tex
as; electric lights in Alabama, Ken
tucky and Louisiana; flouring mills
in Georgia, North Carolina, Ten
nessee and Texas; foundry and ma
chine shops in Georgia and Texas; a
glass factory in West Virginia; a
handle factory iu Tennessee; a harness
factory in Georgia; a hemp factory in
Kentucky; iron works in South Caro
lina; lumber mills in Florida, Louisi
ana, Mississippi, Tennessee and West
Virginia; lumber mills in Florida,
Louisiaua. Mississippi, Tennessee
aud West Virginia; a natural gas and
oil company in W T est Virginia; a plan
ing mill in West Virginia; a post dri
ver manufactory and a stave factory in
Tennessee; steel works in West Vir
ginia; a tobacco stemmery in Ken
tucky; a telephone exchange in Texas.
—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
TEXAS FUEDISTS DIE.
Clans Shoot Out Quarrels In the Public
Square at San Augsutine.
Three prominent men gave up their
live in a shooting affray at the court
house in San Augusline, Texas, Mon
day. They were Felix Roberts, cor
respondent of The Galveston News;
Sid Roberts and Sheriff Noel Roberts.
A few weeks ago SheriffGeorge Wall
was shot to death by Curd Borders,
as the result of an old feud. Wall’s
nephew, Noel Roberts, was appointed
sheriff. Last Saturday the second life
was taken in the quarrel, when Eu
gene Wall, son of the murdered sheriff,
killed Benjamin Brooks, a member of
the opposing faction.
Monday the contending factions
met in San Augustine with the result
as above stated. More trouble is fear
ed, and telegrams have been sent to
Governor Sayers requesting him to
call out the militia.,
VETERANS IN PARADE
Old Soldiers at Last Given Chance
For an “Outing.”
THEY LINGERED AT LOUISVILLE.
Exercises Commemorating Jefferson
DavU’Birthday Was Closing Event of
Confederate Reunion.
The last exercises connected with
the tenthr annual reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans occurred at
Louisville Sunday when the ninety
second anniversary of tho birth of Jef
ferson Davis was observed at Reunion
hall, with services in memory of Mr.
Davis, Winnie Dayis, the “Daughter
of the Confederacy,” and the Confed
erate dead.
Although thousands of the Confed
erate reunion visitors had left the city,
5,000 persons attended the exercises.
They were largely of a religious char
acter, but nevertheless there was ap
plause at times from the audience.
General Stephen D. Lee, who pre
sided, suggested that there be no dem
onstrations. The Rev. J. William
Jone§ of Virginia, who delivered the
sermon of the occasion, earnestly made
the same suggestion, and a few min
utes later caused not only loud ap
plause, but one cheer, by relating a
well known incident of Spottsylvania.
Mrs. Hayes, the daughter of Jeffer
son Davis, and her daughter, Miss
Varina Hayes, were on the platform,
but as the services were concluding,
had to hasteu to a railroad station to
catch a train. After they had left Gen
eral Stephen D. Lee held up to the
sight of the audience a battleflag bear
ing the same crepe it bore when it
waved over the grave oi Winnie Davis,
who had always heretofore attended
the reunions of the Confederate vet
erans. General Gordon had been ex
pected to preside and also to address
the audience, but he was called away
from Louisville and his place was
taken by General Stephen D. Lee.
OLD VETS PABADED.
Although the reunion proper had
adjourned, the veterans who had not
left the city paraded the streets of
Louisville Saturday. There was no
formal parade, although about 5,000
veterans were in line, aud fifteen musi
cal organizations made the air ring
with “Dixie.” Every band in line
played “Dixie,” and the veterans yell,
ed themselves hoarse. “Dixie” was
the order of the day.
The big parade bad been called off,
but when the sun broke through the
dismal cloudiness of the week the old
fellows could not resist the temptation
and fell into line, marching through
the principal streets of the city.
OLD OFFICEBS BE-ELECTED.
While the exercises of the reunion
were in progress all the officers of the
United Confederate Veteraus were re
elected by acclamation. The election
was ptlt through in record time, the
whole thing taking less than one
minute. The list of officers is as fol
lows:
General John B. Gordon, general
commanding.
Lieutenant General Wade Hampton,
Army of Northern Virginia depart
ment.
Lieutenant General S. D. Lee, com
manding army of Tennessee depart
ment.
Lieutenant General W. L. Cabell,
commanding Trans-Mississippi depart
ment.
The reunion was one of the most
successful from a standpoint of busi
ness ever held. The work was done
in a manner entirely satisfactory, and
the demonstrations made cause the
officers to believe that any feeling of
unkindness that had existed toward
the foe of the sixties has been wiped
out.
Deficiency Rill Passes.
The last of the appropriation bills,
the general deficiency, was passed in
the senate Saturday, as was also the
emergency river and harbor bill pro
viding for numerous surveys aud for
certaiu other public works.
Mrs. Gladstone Slowly Dying.
It is announced in London that
Gladstone is in a semi-conscious
aud that her strength is de
steadily.
OLD SOLDIERS ADJOURN.
Next Confederate Veteran Re
union Will Be Held in Mem
phis, Tennessee.
The Confederate reunion was brought
to a close at Louisville Friday night.
The next gathering of the old vete
rans will be at Memphis, Tenn, The
struggle for the reunion by the Ten
nessee city was not a very hard one
because it had been conceded that the
reunion would go there next year if
New Orleans did not ask for it. The
candidates were Memphis, Jackson
ville and Buffalo.
Friday was to have been the biggest
day of the reunion, but an almost con
tinual downpour of raiu precluded the
possibility of the grand parade, which
caused a feeling of distinct disappoint
ment in Louisville.
Briscoe Hindman, of Louisville, was
elected commander-iu-cbief of the
United Sons of Veterans by acclama
tion Friday morning after Walter Col
quitt, of Atlanta, the retiring com
mander, had refused to accept a re
election.
An interesting incident occurred
when the report of the committee on
resolutions was read. Among the rec
ommendations was one that “the Con
federate veterans recognize with ap
priciation the language of General
Daniel Sickles at the recent reunion of
the army of the Potomac at Fredericks
burg, and reciprocated the feeling
shown; that the reunion of Union
soldiers or Confederate soldiers at
tended by the president of the United
States and his cabinet showed that
that there is no sectionalism in recog
nition of valor of the American soldier;
that a copy of these resolutiqn be for
warded to the Society of the Army of
the Potomac.”
When the vote was called on this
there were cries of “No.”
General Gordon declared the resolu
tions adopted, but hearing the “noes, ”
resubmitted the question.
W. H. Burgynn, of North Carolina,
who presented the resolutions, made
a strong speech urging the adoption
of the resolutions. J. H. Shepherd,
of Virginia, secured the floor aud an
nounced that he was opposed to the
resolution and asked that it be voted
down. He said:
“I want no coquetting with those
Yankees who defeated us. For God’s
sake don’t accept anything from Union
soldiers. Vote it down, my comrades,
vote it down.”
The hall was instantly in an uproar,
men calling “vote,” “question,” “no,”
“\es” and yelling indiscriminately.
There were loud calls of “Gordon!”
“Gordon!” The commander came to
the front and was greeted by frantic
cheers that for several minutes pre
vented his voice from being heard.
When silence was partially restored
he said:
“I trust the day will never come
while I stand on southern soil among
the. chivalrous men of the south when
I will refuse to send a message of cor
dial greeting to an enemy. (Cheers.)
I know the sender of this message.
On the heights of Gettysburg he stood
gallantly in my front and it was my
bullets that seut him to the rear with
a leg offi and, for me, I am going to
reciprocate the kindly message of the
northern soldiers.”
Wild cheers greeted this speeoh,
and on a vote the resolution went
through with a rush.
ATLANTA CARPENTERS STRIKE.
They Demand That Kmployers Recognise
Their Organization.
The carpenters and joiners in Atlan
ta, Ga., went on a strike Friday. Six
hundred men walked away from their
jobs to return no more, they say, un
til their organization is recognized by
employers and their demands complied
with. These demands are for a day of
eight hours work; a uniform price of
25 cents per hour for their work, as a
minimum wage, or $2 per day, with
half price of minimum wage for over
time and double time for legal holi
days and Sundays; recognition of their
organization by the employment of
none but union men by contractors,
builders and planing mill managers.
Public Debt Greatly Decreased.
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close of busi
ness, May 34), 1900, the debt less
cash in the treasury amounted to
$1,122,608,811, a decrease for the
month of $2,193,774, which is ac
counted for by the redemption of
bonds.
VOL. X. NO. 23.
VETS AT LOUISVILLE
Battle Scarred Heroes Take Pos
session of Kentucky City.
THE LARGEST GATHERING EVER flELD
General Gordon, Their Beloved Chieftain
Gets a Tremendous Ovation—Maimed
Battalion Great Attraction.
A Louisville special says: Surround
ed by waving banners bearing the fiery
cross of the Confederacy, listening to
the cheers from the throats of 3,000
men who wore the gray, and confront
ed by the waving handkerchiefs of
hundreds of ladies, General John B.
Gordon, commander of the United
Confederate Veterans, Wednesday,
formally opened the tenth annual re
union of the order, which, in point of
attendance, is the largest ever held
since the inception of the organiza
tion.
For an hour previous to the time set
for the opening of the meeting the
veterans and their friends mad.» their
way in a steady stream to the hall and
by 11:30 o’clock it was well filled.
At the conclusion of the doxology
General Poyntz, the presiding officer,
introduced Mayor Weaver, who wel
comed the visitors in behalf of the
city of Louisville.
The mayor, whose speech was re
ceived with much applause, was fol
lowed by Colonel Thomas F. Bullit,
who welcomed the visitors to Louis
ville in behalf of the board of trade of
the city.
As General Gordon stepped forward
to receive the keys he received a strong
evidence of the regard in which he is
held by his comrades of the associa
tion. They sprang to their feet en
masse, climbed upon chairs, waved
hats and handkerchiefs frantically and
cheered again and again, and General
Gordon was visibly moved by the re
ception he met. and for several min
utes he stood bowing his thanks/ 5
When quiet was restored again he
spoke in part as follows:
“No man is gifted enough and no
words are strong enough to tell Ken
tuckians what we feel at this hour and
how deeply we feel it. Shall I say for
my comrades and myself that we aro
grateful, profoundly grateful? That
would be in the presence of such
a demonstration the merest common
plaoe, the needless statement of a pa
tent fact, which you already know or
can plainly read in these moistened
eyes and quivering lips. Shall I tell
you that we are amazed; that we are
unprepared for such a display, such,
exhuberauce of hospitality, such
warmth aud prodigality of welcome?
I cannot say that, for it would bo un
true. We know beforehand what to
expect of this great hearted people.
“We have come to find not only
that is true but that the half had' not
been told. What can I say, then,
what can any man say or do to repre
sent to this people the responsive
echoes of our deeply stirred sensibili
ties? If I possessed the mystic power
to catch and transmute into burning
sentences the thoughts of these brains
and the rhythms of those hearts, I
might hope to give you some concep
tion of our appreciation of this Ken
tucky greeting.
“Why has not some Edison or some
gifted scientist, moved by a genius
divine, inventod some means of photo
graphing human emotions? Why did
not that crafty delver into nature’s se
crets, who discovered the X-rays, give
us a double X-ray powerful enough to
expose to Kentucky’s view the emo
tions of these men? If such an instru
ment were at your command this
morning, you would see inscribed
upon these hearts, in indelible letters,
beloved name of Kentucky.
“The truth is, gentlemen, that your
holds a place among her sisters
is not only unique, but decidedly
“Heaven bless, protect and guida
May harmony and Chris
fellowship rule in all her counsels
peace, joy and plenty abide for
ever in all her homes.”
No delegation of veterans has been
such an ovation as that given
Atlanta, Ga., battalion of maimed
From .the depot to their
they were cheered by the
thousands who thronged the streets
the impressiom they made equal
all expectations.